Lindor opts for surgery

[Frayed Knot]

On the 'stress fracture' in his hamate bone. Procedure to be done today.

Recovery time is around six weeks so OD availability is questionable at this point.

[ashie62]

They usually remove the hamate

If this drags Bichette plays short and I'd imagine Bay-tee at 3b

[Frayed Knot]

The early word is that they're Not going to play Bichette at SS, presumably to give him as many reps at 3rd as possible

and also to work out Mauricio and others who might get the call if Lindor can't start the season.

[Fman99]

NOOOOOOOOO

[kcmets]

The Google Gods say full recovery is longer, but what do they know...

"Treatment ranges from 4–6 weeks of casting to surgery, with full recovery often taking 2–3 months."

[Gwreck]

Has a Mets player ever not come back *slower* than expected from surgery?

Corollary…has a Mets player ever come back either *faster* than expected, or as expected, and been good right away?

[Edgy MD]

It depends on who you're talking to, and whose expectations, but sure.

Francisco Alvarez returned surprisingly fast from hamate surgery last season, and largely played right through a separate thumb injury shortly after he came back that was expected to have him out a few more weeks. Jose Siri's recovery from a fractured tibia (I don't know that any surgery was involved, to be fair) was much slower than was generally expressed to have been expected.

[Lefty Specialist]

Lindor plays through pain, as we well know, so this had to be pretty disabling. I'm betting he'll be back on or ahead of schedule.

[Frayed Knot]

The lingering problem for hitters with damaged (or removed) hamate bones is sometimes a decrease in power. Not a permanent one necessarily but power might be slow in coming back.

So there's back ... and then there's all the way back. So, yeah, he could be in the lineup in time for OD but maybe without being LINDOR! for a while.

[Centerfield]

The lingering problem for hitters with damaged (or removed) hamate bones is sometimes a decrease in power. Not a permanent one necessarily but power might be slow in coming back.

So there's back ... and then there's all the way back. So, yeah, he could be in the lineup in time for OD but maybe without being LINDOR! for a while.

 

Yup. This is the biggest concern. I heard a doctor post a video that it could affect him an additional 3-4 weeks.

Alvarez had diminished power when he came back last year. But tough to know if that was the injury or just his struggles. He had diminished contact too.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Lindor has often been a slow starter anyway, so if he starts slowly this year it will be hard to pin it definitively on the surgery.